Macaskill's denial
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• In a statement from his lawyers Colin Macaskill, who currently runs about 25 trucks, admits his company was investigated by National Minimum Wage Investigators in June 2000. it continues: "...if the allegations had been as clear cut as the Macleods state then we have no doubt that prosecution would have followed."
The statement claims that all his drivers are now on fixed rate contracts and work between 40 and 50 hours a week for more than the national minimum wage. It says that if a driver misses a rest period he will be sacked. It further claims that the company's tachograph records have been checked by Traffic Commissioners who found "nothing of any significance or of any irregularity".
The statement concludes that Malcolm Macleod's case was settled Out of court to save on legal costs and that Macaskill "strenuously opposes" Donald Macleod's tribunal application.